About
Washington DC Photographer Robert Giroux
Robert Giroux began his professional photography career
in his hometown
of Montreal in 1987 covering Canadian politics and sporting events for Agence France-Presse (AFP) and in 1991 moved to their North American HQ in Washington DC. He has photographed five US President's, countless world leaders and captains of industry, as well as numerous prominent actors, musicians and other artists. From 1995 to 2000 he was one of two Newsweek magazine contract photographer assigned to the White House travel pool.
In early 2000, Robert was recruited to manage the picture-desk and editorial operations for the then fledgling Getty Images News & Entertainment wire service in New York City. Later, becoming their first chief photographer for news in the Americas, he designed the software still used by all staff photographers and editors to edit, caption and transmit images from the field.
His success with several editorial technology projects garnered him a promotion and transfer to Getty Images' Seattle headquarters and a position as Director of Editorial Technology Partnerships where he designed and implemented a global distribution and picture desk system which brought all regional picture desks onto a single central platform.
After leaving Getty Images, Robert partnered with developer Morgan Belford to create
Easy Release, a model and property release app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices which consistently ranks among the most downloaded photography related apps on
iTunes. Robert is currently employed by
National Geographic in their Global Media division.
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